THUNDER BAY, ON, June 16, 2011 /CNW/ - Red Metal Resources Ltd. (OTCBB:
RMES), a mineral exploration company with copper-gold assets in Chile,
today announced that it has signed a contract with Major DrillingChile
S.A. to undertake an initial 2000 meter combined reverse circulation
(RC) and diamond drilling program on Red Metal's 100% owned Farellon
copper-gold project, starting June 25, 2011.

Road work and construction of drill pads at Farellon is expected to be
completed this week and a crew has been mobilized.

The Company last explored Farellon in the fall of 2009 with a five-hole,
725 meter, RC drill program on Farellon and this program is designed to
continue expanding down dip on known mineralized zones as well as
testing areas with large gaps of information. Significant results from
previous drilling are:

Hole ID

From (m)

To (m)

Length (m)

Au (g/t)

Cu (%)

From (m)

To (m)

Length (m)

Au (g/t)

Cu (%)

FAR-09-A

79.0

109.0

30.0

0.18

0.62 incl

97.0

106.0

9.0

0.44

1.63

FAR-09-B

56.0

95.0

39.0

0.25

0.55 incl

75.0

86.0

11.0

0.67

1.35

FAR-09-C

73.0

103.0

30.0

0.79

0.55 incl

77.0

82.0

5.0

4.16

2.57

FAR-09-D

95.0

134.0

39.0

0.11

0.58 incl

95.0

103.0

8.0

0.33

2.02

FAR-09-E(i)

24.0

68.0

44.0

0.12

0.30 incl

65.0

68.0

3.0

0.58

1.46

(i) Hole ended in mineralization

Farellon is a copper-gold project in the prolific Candelaria Iron-Oxide
Copper-Gold belt. Previous work completed in 1997 included 23 RC drill
holes totaling 3900 meters along a 1.7 km strike length of known
mineralization hosted in a mineralized fault zone along strike from the
historic Carrizal Alto mine.

Michael Thompson, P. Geo., VP Exploration for Red Metal, the project's
Qualified Person under the definition of NI 43-101, has reviewed and
approved the contents of this news release.

About Red Metal Resources Ltd.

Red Metal Resources is a mineral exploration company focused on
aggressive growth through acquiring, exploring and developing
copper-gold assets in Chile. Our projects are located in the prolific
Candelaria iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) belt of Chile's coastal
Cordillera, host to Freeport-McMoRan's Candelaria Mine and Anglo
American's Mantoverde Mine. Red Metal is a fully reporting US public
company quoted on the OTCBB under the symbol RMES. For more
information, visit www.redmetalresources.com.

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